[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[BravoNine]

(23-11-2010 04:42 PM)Byatil Wrote:  

(23-11-2010 04:35 PM)BravoNine Wrote:  

(23-11-2010 04:25 PM)Byatil Wrote:  In 8.4, Lucas and Dasharvin use the aliases 'Wilde' and 'Grey'. I'm assuming these refer to Oscar Wilde, and perhaps the book "The Picture Of Dorian Grey"? Can anyone offer any further insight into this? I haven't read the book.

Yes, one of the messages was hidden in the Picture of Dorian Gray book if I remember correctly.

I read Dorian Gray years ago so I sort of forgot it, but I believe the story was about a painting was done of a young and beautiful Dorian but under the influence of a character Lord Henry, Dorian becomes more obsessed about keeping his youth and beauty so he curses his painting and pledging his soul so that his painting may bear the old age and infamy while allowing his real self to stay young forever. And if I remember it right, Dorian actually dies at the end of the story a disfigured and weak old man while his painting remains perfectly preserved of his beauty and youth.

Someone with a more sharper literary mind may have to take further insights into explaining how this relates in terms of Darsharvain and Lucas.

Yes it was, in Waterstones, the earpiece is hidden behind the book.

I do vaguely remember the story now that you've explained it, but I'm unsure as to how it relates to Lucas and Oleg's relationship
Dasharvin presents himself as the author of a book about a man who creates his own self-destruction in his bid to retain perfection, so it could be linked to Lucas' desire to have control over situations (mirroring Dorian's desire to have control over his appearance)? Whether the idea of Oleg relating to Wilde is meant to be of him as a man or as an author of the book is unclear.

Maybe it's meant to describe that Wilde created Dorian like Darsharvain created Lucas?